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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocratic senators say Trump administration has been slow to use coronavirus testing funds
The Trump administration has yet to distribute nearly one-third of the funds provided by Congress for coronavirus testing and contact tracing, leading Senate Democrats say.
The Department of Health and Human Services has neither spent nor detailed how it plans to spend $8 billion out of a $25 billion pot to be used for stemming the viruss spread through diagnostic and antibody testing and contact tracing, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) charge. The funds were provided as part of the fourth pandemic relief bill passed by Congress at the end of April.
While it has been months since these funds were first appropriated, the administration has failed to disburse significant amounts of this funding, leaving communities without the resources they need to address the significant challenges presented by the virus, according to a letter the pair wrote to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, obtained by The Washington Post.
HHS did not respond immediately to inquiries about the letter. But it is true that a massive amount of money has been allocated for the nations coronavirus response and spending it effectively is a typical challenge when it comes to clunky bureaucracies.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democratic-senators-say-trump-administration-has-been-slow-to-use-coronavirus-testing-funds/ar-BB15NeRb?li=BBnb7Kz
Especially when those clunky bureaucracies are run by Trump appointees.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)Anyone wanna argue with me?
struggle4progress
(118,211 posts)When you do testing to that extent, youre going to find more people, youre going to find more cases. So I said to my people slow the testing down, please. They test and they test. We had tests and people dont know whats going on. We got tests, we got another one over here"